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This book made me think of the kids in the "Uni" program where I went to undergrad. It was the Ivy-wannabe college within the school. Those kids definitely seemed smarter than the rest of us. They kind of self-isolated and were aloof and multilingual.
I would love to read spoiler-filled take from you on what happens in the book. And I wish there WAS a movie of it. Heard the Goldfinch adaptation was crap... anyways thank you for another great review and fun gifs!!
I want to like Donna Tartt. I really do, but I just don't. I have friends that are obsessed with The Secret History (to the point where we once just wandered around Bennington College) but it just doesn't do anything for me.
I similarly am not a huge A Little Life person and am super interested to see the backlash against it now.
This sounds terrifying. I was the kind of student who went to tea club in the basement of the student union on Friday nights. Though that probably counts as my weird college clique, because surprisingly few students wanted to join a club that got funding from the health center as an alcohol-free alternative weekend activity.
As a Nursing major we were weird in a different way. “How was your day? Crap I got a B on a paper. And yours: My patient coded, but lived” so while I went to college with mostly well adjusted friends, we were a tight click because we were growing up quicker than a lot of other students. Not a complaint, just a fact. I LOVED this book. An academic novel is my wheelhouse. So I completely related to the Greek scholars. Plus I felt this was better written than The Goldfinch. Great review. Enjoyed it after a lousy shift. Thanks!
Cool discussion here - and weird to think that there's never been a film version of The Secret History. Donna Tartt is one of about six authors I rush out to get as soon as they are published. Very intrigued by the Dark Academia genre.. At risk of sounding wimpy, I love the idea of the "Academia" genre without the darkness!
So, were you stalking the book or was the book stalking you? LOL. I miss the days of bookstore wanderings. I haven't done that in forever as I no longer have the patience since I have kids who will literally run around the place. The Secret History sounds interesting. I like the allure of a mystery to unravel, secret societies, and characters with dark personal secrets.
The Little Friend was vastly under- rated, Southern Gothic and unputdownable in parts (as it would have to be, at over 600 pages). We are all waiting for more, Ms Tartt!
This book made me think of the kids in the "Uni" program where I went to undergrad. It was the Ivy-wannabe college within the school. Those kids definitely seemed smarter than the rest of us. They kind of self-isolated and were aloof and multilingual.
I would love to read spoiler-filled take from you on what happens in the book. And I wish there WAS a movie of it. Heard the Goldfinch adaptation was crap... anyways thank you for another great review and fun gifs!!
I want to like Donna Tartt. I really do, but I just don't. I have friends that are obsessed with The Secret History (to the point where we once just wandered around Bennington College) but it just doesn't do anything for me.
I similarly am not a huge A Little Life person and am super interested to see the backlash against it now.
Great review as always!
This sounds terrifying. I was the kind of student who went to tea club in the basement of the student union on Friday nights. Though that probably counts as my weird college clique, because surprisingly few students wanted to join a club that got funding from the health center as an alcohol-free alternative weekend activity.
As a Nursing major we were weird in a different way. “How was your day? Crap I got a B on a paper. And yours: My patient coded, but lived” so while I went to college with mostly well adjusted friends, we were a tight click because we were growing up quicker than a lot of other students. Not a complaint, just a fact. I LOVED this book. An academic novel is my wheelhouse. So I completely related to the Greek scholars. Plus I felt this was better written than The Goldfinch. Great review. Enjoyed it after a lousy shift. Thanks!
Cool discussion here - and weird to think that there's never been a film version of The Secret History. Donna Tartt is one of about six authors I rush out to get as soon as they are published. Very intrigued by the Dark Academia genre.. At risk of sounding wimpy, I love the idea of the "Academia" genre without the darkness!
So, were you stalking the book or was the book stalking you? LOL. I miss the days of bookstore wanderings. I haven't done that in forever as I no longer have the patience since I have kids who will literally run around the place. The Secret History sounds interesting. I like the allure of a mystery to unravel, secret societies, and characters with dark personal secrets.
The Little Friend was vastly under- rated, Southern Gothic and unputdownable in parts (as it would have to be, at over 600 pages). We are all waiting for more, Ms Tartt!